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Daler, Karamjit strike it big

Four goals by Daler Singh and a hat-trick by Karamjit Singh powered Punjab and Sind Bank to a 10-0 victory over Northern Railway after it had led 5-0 at halftime in a preliminary round match of the ONGC 49th Nehru hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium here on Friday.

Sarvanjit Singh, Ramandeep Singh and Parminder Singh scored the other goals for the winner.

In another match, Indian Air Force beat Indian Navy 3-0 in the tie-break after the teams were locked 2-2 at the end of the regulation period.

Lovepreet Singh and Sanawar scored for IAF while Sunil and Kuldeep found the target for Navy.

In the tie-break, Harwant, Alam and Sanawar converted for IAF while Markus missed the second shot.

In contrast, Bharat Singh, Naveen Kumar and Prateek missed for the Navy team, forcing the end of the tie-break after the team had taken only three strokes.

Double for Lakshit, Shreya

Lakshit Sood and Shreya Pasricha won a double crown each in the men’s and women’s sections respectively in the ACC Cup AITA ranking tennis tournament at the Babu Banarasi Das Sports Complex, Gomti Nagar, on Friday.

Nearly 40 young talents from over 10 countries will be on view when the fourth Albatross International junior golf championship is held at the Greg Norman-designed Jaypee Greens, Greater Noida, from November 21 to 23.

Countries like South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, Sweden, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates and Nepal join the host in the 54-hole competition to be played for boys and girls in four age-groups.

At stake will be nine individual and four team titles in a field of 124 golfers.

The groups are category ‘A’ (15-17 years), ‘B’ (13-14), ‘C’ (11-12) and ‘D’ (8-10). In addition, a ‘D’ category, for six and seven-year-olds, has also been introduced.